Real Murcia, which has unsuccessfully insisted in recent days to sign the central player from La Leonesa, incorporates the sub-23 Manu Pedreño
Real Murcia needed two central defenders and they have already got one. Manuel Pedreño (Murcia, 21 years old) joins the Grana team. It is a Murcian center-back who comes from the Antequera of the Second Federation, where he was counting on minutes in the same category in which the Grana club plays.
Of course, the player that Manolo Molina had in mind for the defense was the central defender Cristian Galas. In recent days he has insisted again to try to ensure the arrival of the man from Castellón, although he has not been successful. It’s not easy for Galas to leave Cultural Leonesa and if he did, Munitis would be waiting for him with open arms at Sabadell.
The coach was his defender at UCAM, where they met, and the 28-year-old defender trusts him a lot. Cristian Galas has already been ruled out and Murcia is looking at other options to accompany Alberto González and the new addition.
In any case, the future arrival of a senior center-back does not tarnish that of the U23 Pedreño who returns to his homeland. It is the first signing made by the team coached by Mario Simón in this market. He is a young footballer raised in the UCAM bases and who went to Almería in the youth category. After being in the Almeria subsidiary, this summer he landed in the Malaga team where he had a leading role.
The club was looking for a footballer of the future like Manuel Pedreño, but the serious knee injury that Iván Casado suffered last week, which cost him the full year, forced the centenary squad from the Region of Murcia to sound out the market looking for another center back.
The landing of Manuel Pedreño in this week of break will help the youngster adapt to the style of his teammates and have some margin before the next day against Marchamalo de Guadalajara to open the second round of competition.
Popovici points to Third
With Bertomeu’s first departure already announced, on loan to Orihuela, Murcia continues to look for destinations for its players. In the case of Sergiu Popovici it is different. The Romanian wants to stay in the Region of Murcia at least until the end of the season. He and his partner have settled in the city of Murcia. There does not seem to be a problem in the exit of the footballer who has barely had minutes with the grana elastic, so he is looking for a Third Federation destination in the autonomous community that allows him to continue here.
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